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A man who was found shot to death on Wednesday night at a North Side apartment complex has been
identified as a recent graduate of Whitehall-Yearling High School.

Roland Ridenour, 18, was discovered dead about 10:30 p.m. inside a car by two officers who were
patrolling in the area of the Old Nantucket Apartments, 1980 Belcher Dr., said Sgt. Joan Schlabach
of the Columbus Police Division’s homicide squad.

The officers had noticed that the red Chevy Cobalt was parked away from other vehicles in the
complex’s parking lot, near a wooded area, Schlabach said.

Ridenour, who graduated from Whitehall-Yearling this year, was shot in the head, according to
Franklin County Coroner Jan Gorniak.

Police think that his body had been there for a few hours, but they had received no calls about
a shooting, Schlabach said. She said the death is a homicide.

Ridenour was living in Lancaster, according to court records from October.